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David Seidenberg and neohasid.org
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Medinat Yisra'el (the State of Israel)
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21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., the Occupation, Zionist Prayers, Israelis and Palestinians, all inhabitants, Liberal Zionist Prayers, מדינת ישראל Medinat Yisrael, North America
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The familiar prayer for the State of Israel, which is more literally titled “a Prayer for Peace for the State” tefilah lish’lom hamedinah, was written in 1948 by Rabbi Yitsḥak haLevi Hertzog (edited by S.Y. Agnon) in what had up until then been Palestine, in a time of war. The state was under direct attack by the Arab armies, and there was little distinction between peace, survival, and victory. As we approach Israel’s 70th birthday, it is time to make such distinctions. Israel and the Jewish people live in a much more complex reality today, where the triumph of one political party or set of goals can radically change the outlook for peace, and the possibility of justice. In our time, praying for peace for the state of Israel mist include praying for the rectification of its relationships with neighboring countries and with the Palestinian people, some of whom are Israeli citizens, and most of whom are in some way under Israel’s control. This prayer assumes that the best reality for the Jewish state is also the best reality for all of her citizens and for everyone who lives “in the land,” no matter where they are in relation to the Green Line or Areas A, B and C. . . . |
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IfNotNow Chicago
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Conflicts over Sovereignty and Dispossession, Medinat Yisra'el (the State of Israel)
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Chicago, the Occupation, Freedom, מדינת ישראל Medinat Yisrael, ישראל Yisrael, North America, Israeli–Palestinian conflict, فلسطين Filasṭīn Palestine, ארץ ישראל Erets Yisrael, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Dignity
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On 29 September 2017 IfNotNow Chicago writes, “Tonight begins Yom Kippur. We are asking our community, when you say the prayer for Israel this Kol Nidre, will you say it for all the people that live in Israel and Palestine? Will you stand for freedom and dignity for all Palestinians and Israelis? Our members have re-imagined the Prayer for the State of Israel. We hope you use this New Prayer for Israel and Palestine, and share it with your own community.” . . . |
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Sam Feinsmith
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Conflicts over Sovereignty and Dispossession, Medinat Yisra'el (the State of Israel), Social Justice, Peace, and Liberty
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21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Reconciliation, 2014 Israel–Gaza conflict, מדינת ישראל Medinat Yisrael, Israeli–Palestinian conflict, North America, فلسطين Filasṭīn Palestine, Needing Vocalization
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Master of compassion and forgiveness, Cosmic Majesty Who is peace— Teach us Your ways, Show us the path that preserves life. Take note, Lord, for we are suffering deeply. Our guts are wrenched, Our hearts are turning within us. Violence has devoured outside, and inside it feels deathly. When enemies rose up against us to kill our babes, Courageous, precious boys, full of the light of life, shining like the radiance of the sky, Our hearts became angry, our vision lost its strength, and our spirits sunk. And still we turn to you— . . . |
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Ira Tick
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Conflicts over Sovereignty and Dispossession, Blessings After Eating, Medinat Yisra'el (the State of Israel)
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HaRaḥaman, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., the Occupation, Establishing borders, Israeli–Palestinian conflict, מדינת ישראל Medinat Yisrael, Needing Vocalization
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A prayer for the peaceful resolution of Israel’s conflicts with her neighbors and a mutually agreeable end to her dominion over the Palestinians, in Hebrew and in English, appropriate for inserting in the Birkat HaMazon especially on Shabbat and Festivals, or for reciting at any time. . . . |
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David Nelson (translation), Moshe Silberschein (translation) and Dalia Marx
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Conflicts over Sovereignty and Dispossession, Medinat Yisra'el (the State of Israel), Terror
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Israel Movement for Reform and Progressive Judaism, נעילה neilah, מדינת ישראל Medinat Yisrael, Israeli disengagement from Gaza, Gaza, Israeli–Palestinian conflict, protection, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., the Occupation
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A prayer for the State of Israel during conflicts over sovereignty and dispossession. . . . |
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T'ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights and Nahum Waldman
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Medinat Yisra'el (the State of Israel)
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21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, ישראל Yisrael, Needing Translation (into Hebrew), מדינת ישראל Medinat Yisrael, North America, Progressive Zionism
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This prayer for Israel was written by Rabbi Naḥum Waldman (1931-2004) for T’ruah: the Rabbinic Call for Human Rights. T’ruah works to ensure that Israel remains a safe and secure home for Jews and a place that lives up to the ideal stated in the State of Israel’s 1948 Declaration of Independence that Israel “will foster the development of the country for all of its inhabitants; it will be based on freedom, justice, and peace as envisaged by the prophets of Israel; it will ensure complete equality of social and political rights to all its inhabitants irrespective of religion, race or sex.” . . . |
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Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Unknown Author(s) and Central Conference of American Rabbis (CCAR)
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Medinat Yisra'el (the State of Israel)
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20th century C.E., מדינת ישראל Medinat Yisrael, ארץ ישראל Erets Yisrael, 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, American Jewry of the United States
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“Land of Hope and Promise” was published in Gates of Prayer: The New Union Prayerbook (CCAR 1975), pp. 240-241. In 1984, it was proved as the “Prayer for Israel” in the Prayerbook for Jewish Personnel in the Armed Forces of the United States (Jewish Welfare Board 1984), p. 436. The work appears to have been adapted from a much earlier paraliturgical hashkivenu prayer offered in the Evening Service for the Sabbath from the Union Prayer Book Newly Revised (CCAR 1924) to be said by the Reader between the Shema and the Amidah in a version (№5) of the Friday night service, pp. 68-69. . . . |
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